I’m here because you probably
never heard of me.
In a book that hosts a single
poem of mine
it is written I lived around 1070
and was born in the Sung
capital of Kaifeng
and was an official
in the provinces.
It also reads “I had a brief
moment of fame in
literary circles.”
The reason the moment
was brief is because
I didn’t care about worldly fame.
I knew it was fleeting and
eventually we all
fade into obscurity.
And though I wrote poems
all my life, I didn’t try to
gain public recognition
for any of them.
I knew that even if I
did gain mountains of
recognition and fame
those things never endure
I was more interested
in embracing the Tao
and achieving immortality.
Author: BobBoyd
Age 80. Cancer survivor since 3 years ago. Work out 3 times a week. Ride my exercise bike 2 hours a day. Live a solo reclusive life. Retired a year ago from working with the elderly in a nonprofit. Started writing poetry a little over a year ago; most poems I write are fictional but some are not. Spiritual with a permanent spiritual experience. Write poems on many subjects. Always researching for many of my poems and because of my unquenchable thirst for knowledge. After reading and hearing about many near death experiences and death bed visions, I believe death is the ultimate awakening and the relocation of a lifetime. You may believe differently, but you have the right to be wrong -- I'm just messing with you. :-)
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